M. Ytterstad 2016828
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | M. Ytterstad (58P9) |
| Cruise identifier | 2016828 |
| Cruise period | 2016-07-01 — 2016-07-31 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Bergen, Norway |
| Port of return | Tromsø, Norway |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | International Ecosystem Summer Survey in the Nordic Seas (IESSNS). The major aim is abundance estimation with precision estimates of Northeast Atlantic (NEA) mackerel. Secondary aim is abundance estimation of Atlantic blue whiting, thereby establishing a new fishery independent index on abundance to be used in the assessment of this stock. An important objective is also to understand the Norwegian Sea ecosystem and especially the distribution, migration, feeding and spatial overlap of important pelagic planktivorous species (mackerel, herring and blue whiting) in relation to hydrography, plankton and top predators. |
| Chief scientist | Aage Hoines (Institute of Marine Research, Norway), Are Salthaug (Institute of Marine Research, Norway) |
| NPRC |  (0.22 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Northern North Sea |
| Track charts | (0.18 MB) |
